Attachment for baling-presses.



W. TEEL & E. S. FARR.-

ATTACHMENT FOR BALING PRESSES.

APPFICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1917.

1 ,279, 9 37. Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

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WALTER TEEL AND EDWARD S. FARR, OF VERMONT, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR IBALING-PRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

Application filed November 16, 1917. Serial N 0. 202,363.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER TEEL and EDWARD S. PARR, citizens of the United States, residing at Vermont, in the county of Fulton and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Baling-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments'for baling presses and it has for its object to produce a simple and eifective device whereby the operator of the press will be. notified when a bale of the desired size has been completed, thereby enabling him to insert a head block at the proper time.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and improved device embodying a mechanically operated sounder and means for actuating the same, said actuating means being connected with the head block.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction, novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation diagrammatically showing a conventional baling press to which the invention has been applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the head blocks and the actuating member connected therewith.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the actuating member detached.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

15 designates a conventional baling press on which a bell 16 is mounted in a convenient position to be distinctly seen by the op erator and heard when sounded. A lever 17 which is fulcrumed at 18 carries at one end a striking member 19 adapted to engage the bell, said striking member being actuated in the direction of the bell by means of a spring 20 which connects the lever with the side of the press box.

Mounted in a convenient position on the press box and extending downwardly with respect thereto is a bracket 21 having a longitudinal series of apertures 22 with any one of which a lever 23 may be pivotally connected. Said lever extends upwardly and is connected by a connecting rod 24 with the downwardly extending arm of the lever 17. The connecting rod 24 is supported intermediate the ends thereof by means of a loop or keeper 25. The connecting rod 24: has a series of apertures 26 enabling it to be adjustably connected by the pivot member 27 with the downwardly extending arm of the lever 17, thus enabling proper adjustment to be effected when the fulcrum of the lever 23 is adjusted longitudinally with respect to the press box.

Each head block 28 used in connection with the press is provided with a hole or socket 29 in one edge thereof for the reception of an actuating member which consists of a pin 30 having a head 31 which extends through a slot 32 in the side of the press box. The actuating member 30 may be connected with the head block after the latter has been inserted into the press and the parts are so arranged and proportioned that the lever 23 will lie in the path of the pro jecting end of the member 30.

In the operation of this device, when a head block is inserted into the press the actuating member 30 is applied thereto. When the head block is moved along within the press box it encounters the lever 23 which is thereby tilted, causing the connecting rod 24 to pull the lever 17 against the tension of the sprin 20. When the member 30 passes out o engagement with the lever 23 the parts are retracted by the spring 20 causingthe member 19 to strike the bell 16. This operation is plainly visible to the operator who will thus be warned not only by sound but also visually that the bale has been completed and that another head block has to be inserted. By proper adjustment of the lever 23 lengthwise with respect to the press box and corresponding adjustment of the pivotal connection between the connecting rod 24 and the lever 17 the length of the bale may be predetermined.

What is claimed is 1. A press box having a longitudinal slot,

a head block movable in the press box and having a detachable member extending through the slot, a lever located in the path of said member, the fulcrum of said lever being adjustable longitudinally 'With respect to the press box, a. spning actuated lever, a bell lying in the path of one arm oi saida lever. to'be struck thereby, a, connecting rod having one end connected with the first mentioned lever, and means for adjustably connecting the; other end of said connecting rod With, one arm of the spring actuated lever.

2.- A press box, having a. longitudinal slot, a head block. movable in the press box and having a detachable member extending through the slot, a lever located in the path Copies of this patent may be obtained for five-cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of said member, the fulcrum of said lever being adjustable longitudinally with respect to the press box, a spring actuated lever, a bell lying in the; path of one arm of said lever to be struck thereby, a connect ing rod having one end connected With the first mentioned lever, means for adjustably connecting the other end of said: connecting rod with one arm of the spring actuated lever; and a loop or keeper supporting the connecting rod intermediate the ends thereof.

In testimony whereof e afiix our signatures.

WALTER. TEEL. EDWARD S. FARR.

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